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| | Michigan Land Use Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | From Atlanta, where one of the largest redevelopment projects in the city’s history will bring IKEA and a host of other retailers downtown; to Chicago, with the first multi-story Home Depot; to Washington, D.C. and its retail renaissance, major retailers are discovering old and new urban neighborhoods in a major way. |
 | | And some retailers are responding by locating their businesses within those communities, not just at the end of expressway ramps. |
 | | The mix includes a daycare center, Pier One Imports, restaurants, Panera Bread, Starbucks Corporation, and locally owned boutiques, as well as a farmers market and public events that transformed the 600-foot long town green, connected to 30-acre Wolfe Park, into a town focal point. |
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